The list varies as it includes individuals who are CEOs of large companies, a dairy farmer and a jewelry store owner.

Among those listed are Philip F. Anschutz, chairman and CEO of The Anschutz Co. and Dick Saunders, founder of Saunders Construction.

“Job creators in Colorado and across the country support Mitt Romney because he knows that the only way Washington can help create jobs is by getting out of the way of innovation and entrepreneurship,” said Liberty Media Corporation CEO Greg Maffei — who is on the list — in a statement. “No other candidate, in the Republican field and certainly not in the White House, has his understanding of how the economy works and how jobs are created.”

In a statement, Romney jabbed an Obama administration that he says has “made it harder to grow and hire,” for the Colorado business community.

“By over-regulating and expanding the government at the expense of the private sector, President Obama has stifled the entrepreneurial spirit of job creators in Colorado and across the country. I will work with these business leaders to lessen the regulatory burden and shrink government so that the private sector can thrive and create jobs,” Romney said.

Ofelia Casillas, a spokeswoman from Organizing for America, says Romney’s goal has never been job creation.

“It’s always been about putting profits ahead of people, while bankrupting companies, outsourcing jobs and laying off workers. As governor, Romney sank Massachusetts to 47th in the nation in job creation. Meanwhile, under President Obama, the country has created more than 3 million new private-sector jobs over 22 straight months of growth,” said Casillas.

Obviously, Ms. Casillas has no idea what she is talking about and is very misinformed. While true that Romney was at Bain Capital when they purchased several companies, those companies were failing at the time of the Bain purchase and the employees would have been laid off a lot earlier had Bain not bought them out. It was in the midst of Bain trying to negotiate with unions and those unions refusing to negotiate that those companies laid off employees. Apparently it is much easier for Ms. Casillas to blame the messenger than research the truth.

Davidjohnson813

Smith Corona and other typewriter companies floundered after computers became popular. They needed reorganizing. Someone had to come in, buy the irrelevant and bankrupt companies, salvage what was useful, retrain the workers (who wanted retraining), lay-off the unwilling, and maybe start making keyboards or other needed products where their typewriter manufacturing skills could transfer. Companies like Bain did this kind of work because there was a need. Successful people see needs and create conditions to fill those needs. The cream will always rise to the top. Some people resent and envy these entrepreneurs. Even Obama has expressed resentment of ATM’s (and those who those who manufacture them) because they replace bank teller jobs. Such enlightenment! Barack and Ofelia would have been advocates for livery stable owners 100 years ago, claiming that automobiles were ‘unfair’.

Davidjohnson813

Observation: Smith Corona and other typewriter companies floundered after computers became popular. They needed reorganizing. Someone had to come in, buy the irrelevant and bankrupt companies, salvage what was useful, retrain the workers (who wanted retraining), lay-off the unwilling, and maybe start making keyboards or other needed products where their typewriter manufacturing skills could transfer. Companies like Bain did this kind of work because there was a need. Successful people see needs and create conditions to fill those needs. The cream will always rise to the top. Some people resent and envy these entrepreneurs. Even Obama has expressed resentment of ATM’s (and those who those who manufacture them) because they replace bank teller jobs. Such enlightenment! Barack and Ofelia would have been advocates for livery stable owners 100 years ago, claiming that automobiles were ‘unfair’.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.